Release: Mairi Morrison & Alasdair Roberts - Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads From Nova Scotia

Artiest/Band: Mairi Morrison & Alasdair Roberts Album:  Remembered in Exile Release:  25 April 2025 Label: Drag City Inc /  Records  Format CD Genre: Folk,Rock bAs many Scots from both Highlands and Lowlands have done before them, musicians Màiri Morrison and Alasdair Roberts made the long journey over the ocean to Canada in June 2023. However, theirs was not a perilous sea voyage, nor a permanent relocation; rather it was for a transatlantic collaboration instigatedby Nova Scotian bass player and musical arranger Pete Johnston.......

Arab Strap: new single "Haven't You Heard"

Arab Strap: new single "Haven't You Heard"

Arab Strap’s unieke signatuur wordt al sinds 1995 gekenmerkt door hun Schotse tongval, poëtische teksten en humor. De indie rock / alternative pop band levert met “I’m Totally Fine With It - Don’t Give A Fuck Anymore”, ‘their most sonically expansive album’, weer een waar meesterwerkje af. Het duo Malcolm Middleton en Aidan Moffat, met hun jarenlange productionele metgezel Paul Savage (The Delgados), staat wederom garant voor 12 nieuwe pareltjes ‘with a mix of intoxicating melodies and a threatening intensity’. Arab Strap’s gelijk vertrouwd aanvoelende en Schotse half gesproken, half gezongen songs bevatten dit keer wat extra pit, beats en urgentie (met veel maatschapplijke thema’s) en ‘furthers the band’s transformation from swooning, lo-fi, slow-core, post-rock romantics to raging, alt-pop chroniclers’.